N15.7m Odu-Oku Waterworks Project Stalls After Brief 6-Month Run
Funded by the Lower Niger River Basin Development Authority (LNRBDA) and awarded to MalmidInternational Limited, the project was commissioned in 2020 with the promise of improving the community’s welfare.
However, Sahara Reporters investigation shows that the project has failed to deliver on its promises, leaving the community without access to clean water and vulnerable to waterborne diseases.
Odo-Eku, a community in Kwara State’s Isin Local Government Area, has struggled with water scarcity for decades. Despite their efforts, residents lack access to clean drinking water, forcing them to rely on a small spring called Omi Ekú.
This shared water source is used for everything from cooking and drinking to washing clothes and hydrating cattle, highlighting the community’s dire need for a reliable water supply.
Despite repeated pleas for a reliable water supply, the Odo-Eku community remains without safe drinking water, despite the allocation of N15.7 million for the Odo-Eku water project.
The N15.7 million project has left the community feeling betrayed and abandoned, with their water woes remaining unaddressed.
Elder Ogundeji, the Odofin of Odo-Eku, a respected community leader has pointed out that the project, built in 2020, had a disappointingly short lifespan, collapsing mere months after its completion.